Evander Kane and Timo Meier each had a goal and an assist as the San Jose Sharks spoiled the return of Patrick Marleau, defeating the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 Saturday night.
Joel Kellman, Logan Couture and Joe Thornton also scored for San Jose, which won its second in a row after snapping a five-game losing streak. Goaltender Martin Jones made 30 saves for his second shutout of the season and the 24th of his seven-year career.
Tristan Jarry stopped 27 of 32 shots as the Penguins suffered their sixth consecutive defeat -- their longest skid since the 2011-12 season. Pittsburgh has been outscored 24-8 over that stretch.
Pittsburgh acquired Marleau, who played 20 of his 22 seasons and 1,551 games with the Sharks, at the NHL's trade deadline Monday for a conditional draft pick in 2021. He played 16:18 with two shots, a minor penalty and a plus/minus rating of negative-1.
The Penguins went 0-for-4 on the power play, including a four-minute advantage earlier in the second period after Kane was assessed a double minor for high sticking Pittsburgh's Chad Ruhwedel.
Kane opened the scoring at 18:48 of the first period, taking a stretch pass from Marc-Edouard Vlasic at the Pittsburgh blue line and skating down the middle of the ice before putting a forehander past Jarry and just inside the left post.
Meier made it 2-0 at 11:12 of the second, taking a pass from Marcus Sorensen in the right faceoff circle and firing a wrist shot just under Jarry's glove.
Kellman increased the lead at 14:15 of the period, taking a drop pass from Sorensen before skating into the right circle and putting a shot under Jarry's pads.
Couture tipped Mario Ferraro's shot from the point into the net at 6:14 of the third, after Kane won the puck behind the net and sent it back to the blue line.
Thornton capped the scoring at 16:01 of the third off an assist from Meier.
--Field Level Media
Pittsburgh | San Jose | |
N/A | Points | Evander Kane 2 |
N/A | Goals | Evander Kane 1 |
N/A | Assists | Mario Ferraro 2 |
N/A | Power Play Goals | N/A |
N/A | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
Tristan Jarry .844 | Save Percentage | Martin Jones 1.000 |
Tristan Jarry 27 | Saves | Martin Jones 30 |
Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
Pittsburgh | 30 | 0 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 8 | 35 |
San Jose | 32 | 5 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 10 | 27 |